Not taking an Overclock

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I'm new to overclocking, so pardon if my newbie-ness comes through.

I have a Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 and an Intel e6600 Duo. My FSB
multiplier doesn't go higher than 9, so I've been stepping up the fsb.
The start is at 266. If I go to around 280, it won't reboot. I have to
do a hard reboot which resets it all back to default. This isn't much
of an overclock. Is it because I'm letting the bios automatically
adjust the mem and voltage? At what point to you start to step up
voltage?

Thanks for any help!
 
jlab13 said:
I'm new to overclocking, so pardon if my newbie-ness comes through.

I have a Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 and an Intel e6600 Duo. My FSB
multiplier doesn't go higher than 9, so I've been stepping up the fsb.
The start is at 266. If I go to around 280, it won't reboot. I have to
do a hard reboot which resets it all back to default. This isn't much
of an overclock. Is it because I'm letting the bios automatically
adjust the mem and voltage? At what point to you start to step up
voltage?

Thanks for any help!
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Just off the top of my head I would say that your memory is not taking the
increased speeds. There should be an adjustment with at least 3 memory
speeds to choose from. bios' are designed for each particular board, so you
might have to look around to find it. You can lower the memory speed there
and then try again. You might have different numbers there for every fsb
increase. Try and keep the memory as close as you can to it's rated speed.

Ed
 
I'm new to overclocking, so pardon if my newbie-ness comes through.



Just off the top of my head I would say that your memory is not taking the
increased speeds. There should be an adjustment with at least 3 memory
speeds to choose from. bios' are designed for each particular board, so you
might have to look around to find it. You can lower the memory speed there
and then try again. You might have different numbers there for every fsb
increase. Try and keep the memory as close as you can to it's rated speed.

Ed
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I see. So essentially it could be that the FSB raise is over
increasing the memory speeds.
 
jlab13 said:
I see. So essentially it could be that the FSB raise is over
increasing the memory speeds.
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Yes. There are several things that you can do to help that. Raising the CAS
timings can sometimes help. If your memory is rated, say, at 4, raise it to
5. Fast, good quality memory is very important if you are overclocking.
Lower CAS timings help because you can raise them a bit without loosing much
memory performance. There are so many things to consider that it would take
a book to write it all down....:-). If you are going to overclock, it is
best to take that into consideration when you purchase your parts before
building.

Ed
 
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